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Full Mammal Species Hub

The British Isles are home to around 90 species of mammal in the land, air and sea. See the full list of mammals of the British Isles here, or click on an image below to learn more about each species.

To learn more about mammal droppings ID visit the guidance page here

Eulipotyphla (Insectivores)

Hedgehog

European mole

Common shrew

Pygmy shrew

Water shrew

L. white-toothed shrew 

G. white-toothed shrew

 

Lagomorpha (Rabbits and hares)

European rabbit

Brown hare

Mountain hare

Irish hare

Rodentia (Rodents)

Red squirrel

Grey squirrel

Eurasian beaver

Hazel dormouse

Edible dormouse

Bank vole

Field vole

Common vole

Water vole

Harvest mouse

Wood mouse

Yellow-necked mouse

House mouse

Brown rat

Black rat

 

 

 

Carnivora (Carnivores)

Wildcat

Red fox

Badger

Otter

Pine marten

Stoat

Weasel

Polecat

American mink

     

Artiodactyla (Even-toed ungulates)

Wild boar

Red deer

Sika deer

Fallow deer

Roe deer

Chinese water deer

Reeves’ muntjac deer

 

Pinnipedia (Seals)

Harbour seal

Grey seal

   

Chiroptera (Bats)

Greater horseshoe bat

Lesser horseshoe bat

Alcathoe bat

Whiskered bat

Brandt’s bat

Bechstein’s bat

Daubenton’s bat

Greater mouse-eared bat

Natterer’s bat

Serotine bat

Leisler’s bat

Noctule bat

Common pipistrelle bat

Soprano pipistrelle bat

Nathusius’ pipistrelle bat

Barbastelle bat

Brown long-eared bat

Grey long-eared bat

   

Cetaceans (Whales and Dolphins) 

North Atlantic right whale

Bowhead whale

Humpback whale

Blue whale

Fin whale

Sei whale

Minke whale

Northern bottlenose whale

Cuvier’s beaked whale

 

 

 

 

Sowerby’s beaked whale

Pygmy sperm whale

Dwarf sperm whale

Sperm whale

Beluga

Killer whale/orca

False killer whale

Long-finned pilot whale

Risso’s dolphin

 

 

 

 

Atlantic white-sided dolphin

 

 

 

 

White-beaked dolphin

Common dolphin

Striped dolphin

 

 

 

 

Bottlenose dolphin

Harbour porpoise

 

For more information about UK bat species or marine mammals, please visit the Bat Conservation Trust website or the Marine Conservation Society website.

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